Susanna and the Elders: P.14991-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Susanna and the Elders

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Earlom, Richard
Publisher: Boydell, John
Painter: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (After)

Entities

Description

After the painting by Rembrandt (1647; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Ident.Nr. 828E). Susanna, partially draped, walks down marble steps into a large, outdoor bathing pool. She addresses the spectator. Buildings and trees are seen in the background. An old man, one of the elders, is pulling off her drapery on the right. Another elder enters behind to the right. Susanna's robes and slippers are seen on a wall to the right.

Notes

History note: VanSittart gave 1,485 engravings to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1879 and this mezzotint was probably included within this group. The number written in pen and ink on the verso presumably relates to Vansittart's own cataloguing system and that written in graphite to some kind of count by curators at the time of the acquisition.

Legal notes

Given by Augustus Arthur VanSittart, ?1879

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by VanSittart, Augustus Arthur

Dating

18th Century#
Production date: 1769-06-12 AD 1769

Note

Mezzotint with etching. As published. Engraved below the image to the left: 'Rembrandt pinxit' and right: 'R. Earlom fecit' and centre: 'John Boydell excudit, 1769'. Title engraved in closed roman letters: 'SUSANNA AND THE ELDERS'. Engraved below: 'From the Original Picture Painted by Rembrandt in the Collection of S.r Jos.a Reynolds' / Size of the Picture 2f, 5 1/2i by 3f, 0 in length' ... 'Publish'd June 12, 1769 by J. Boydell, Engravers in Cheapside London'. Inscribed (curatorial hand) in graphite along right-hand margin: '350' / Earlom / undescribed / in [Chaloner] Smith / Nagler / vol 4 p 53 / No 60'. Inscribed in pen and ink on the verso: '1890'. Inscribed in graphite on the verso (curator's hand): 'VanSittart Collection'. See also P.5912-R, a first state given by John Charrington.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14991-R
Primary reference Number: 240038
Wessely (Earlom): 58.II
Alexander (Rembrandt): 51.II/II (pp.126-7)
Nagler (Künstler-Lexicon): 4.60 (p.53)
Lugt: L.2479ter
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